5th grade Week 8-9 Studies Weekly

1. What is this an example of? Use canvas shopping bags; use old toothbrushes to clean.

• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle

2. What is this an example of? Turn off the lights when not in use; turn off water when not in use.

• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle

3. What is this an example of? Take used soda cans to scrap yards; return glass bottles to redemption centers.

• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle

4. Cause: People build a settlement near the ocean. Effect: ____________________

• a. They trade lumber.
• b. They mine for minerals.
• c. They clear land for farms.
• d. They have a fishing industry

5. Religious beliefs, arts, and celebrations are part of a group’s __________ characteristics.

• cultural
• political
• natural
• economic

6. What is not a way humans modify rivers?

• a. by building dams
• b. by designing cargo boats
• c. by digging connecting canals
• d. by creating hydroelectric plants

7. Describe how roads impact the environment. USE RACES

8. People __________ when they change how they live based on their environment.

• adapt
• modify
• relate
• preserve

9. Setting up irrigation systems is an example of what?

• a. observing the environment
• b. modifying the environment
• c. preserving the environment
• d. adapting to the environment

10. Which of the following are part of a place’s human characteristics? Select all that apply.

• c. politics
• d. religion
• g. language
• h. population
• a. soil